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EventThe SA Constitutional Court abolishes the death penalty
… Anon, (2011), ‘Madondo wants death penalty,’ from News Time, [online] Available at www.newstime.co.za [Accessed: 11 …
EventAnti-SAIC political rally ends in Lenasia
… the chairman, to oppose the S.A.I.C elections. At the same time, similar bodies were formed in the Cape and by the NIC …
PlaceOost-Eind Primary School, 70 Meintjes Street, Trevenna, Pretoria
… of Laerskool Oost-Eind Primary School last week. “I wasted time to come here only to be sent back and be told I should …
PlaceThaba Tshwane or Voortrekkerhoogte
… of the building of the nearby Voortrekker Monument , at a time of growing Afrikaner Nationalism. The oldest building in …
PlaceRaadsaal Building, Church Square, Pretoria
… of the Volksraad was held in the Building for the first time. During this session the Volksraad resolved to add a …
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the president’s budget debate in the Senate 18 June 1996
… to be certified. And this may therefore be the last time that I personally have the honour of standing before …
EventSandra Reynolds, a South African tennis champion is born
… losing out Brazil’s Maria Bueno[iv] 8-6 6-0.[v] At the time, Reynolds was ranked number three in the world.[vi] …
EventUN peace-keeping troops deployed to the Republic of Congo
… the political turmoil experienced in South Africa at that time. …
EventAll African People Conference is held in Accra, Ghana
… which was South Africa leading liberation movements at the time, supported this Conference but failed to attend however …
EventBritain and Egypt sign the Suez Canal agreement.
… in Egypt and largely owned by the Egyptian ruler at the time, shares in the canal operating company were sold to the …
EventSir Abe Bailey, Rand mine magnate, dies.
… relationship with his father, Bailey spent most of his time with Dutch friends who lived nearby. He attended school …
EventBeyers Naudé is served with his second banning order
… to close the CI. In 1977, he was banned for the first time, and on 28 October 1982, he was banned for a further …
EventThami Mazwai, former journalist and anti-apartheid activist, is jailed for two years
… student-leader charged under the Terrorism Act. At the time Mazwai was a journalist with the Sowetan. In the early …
EventAZAPO is re-launched in Roodepoort
… (AZAPO) was re-launched in Roodepoort for the second time. After the outbreak of the Student Uprising in 1976, the …
EventAnti apartheid activist Dr. Richard Turner is assassinated
… the 1969 departure of Blacks from NUSAS. In fact, at the time of his death, NUSAS had already started exploring …
EventThree British mercenaries are sentenced to death for their part in the Angolan civil war
… had achieved independence from Portugal in 1975 and at the time was being governed by the Popular Movement for the …
EventNotorious Pirate, Captain William Kidd, is reportedly sighted off the coast of Cape Town
… reported to have been spotted on 20 January 1697. By this time, the Adventure Galley had not been at all successful in …
EventNumber of banned persons in South Africa totals 936
… home and could not be seen with more than one person at a time. Living under banning orders also meant that one could …
EventThe Boipotong massacre takes place
… and scores injured, including women and children. At the time, it was said that the attack was organised by the Third …
EventZeph Mothopeng, President of the PAC dies
… at the age of 77. Mothopeng's death came at the time when the PAC was in need of stable leadership during a …
EventLouis Trichardt, Voortrekker leader, is born near Oudtshoorn 225 years ago
… Trichardt. Hans van Rensburg's group moved on. In this time Trichardt had considerable dealings with the Venda …
EventAllan Boesak’s plea for the acquittal on fraud charges is rejected and the case is postponed to the following year
… to have been taken for Boesak's personal use. At the time that these allegations were made, Boesak was the ANC …
EventAmy Biehl’s murderers receive amnesty from TRC
… beaten and stabbed to death. Amy was 26 years old at the time of her murder. Read Part one and Part two of the …
EventThe Rand Revolt breaks out
… became particularly intense in February 1922. At the time the government was led by General J. C. Smut's South …
EventNavanethem (Navi) Pillay is born
… by the Security Police under Terrorism Act. It was at this time that exposed the practice and effects of torture and …
EventGerman Lieutenant-General Lothar von Trotha lands in Swakopmund, South West Africa
… the Schutztruppe (colonial protection force). During his time there, he also served as governor and was instrumental …
PlaceCuylerville
… Settlers on their locations. While camped here at the same time Sir Rufane Donkin chose the site for the administrative …
EventMalawi voters take part in the first multiparty election in three decades
… people were imprisoned for political offences at one time or another during his rule. By 1992, Banda's grip had …
The Lusaka Years: The ANC in Exile in Zambia, 1963 to 1994
… facilities: see below) Date: 1 April 2014 Time: 12H15 for 12h30 – 13H30 Hugh Macmillan will discuss …
Document 35 - “New Tactics Proposed for N.R.C. Boycott: Xuma’s Address to African Congress”, The Guardian, 18 December 1947
… abandoning the field. We are merely withdrawing for the time being to change our tactics for a final blow." It is …